Cornhole Putting Game

Cornhole on the putting green? Yes and it’s actually a lot of fun. It could be played with one, two or 4 players. Let’s take a look.

This is a putting game opposed to tossing bags.

The cornhole bag toss dimensions for target area and distance don’t necessarily work well for putting.

Example: The hole on a board is normally 6 inches in diameter where as a golf hole is 4.25 inches. Also, the hole is at the rear of the bag toss board and I don’t think you should get points for leaving the ball short when putting.

In the cornhole bag toss game, the distance is 27 feet between boards.

I initially set this up with 27 feet between the holes. The hole is at the front of the target area and has a smaller target than the board game.

There isn’t any reason you can’t change that distance with this putting game.

Why the smaller target?

Cornhole boards are 2 feet by 4 feet which is pretty big.

My rule of thumb if you miss the putt, you should end up no more than 10 percent of the total distance past the hole. Example: 10 percent of 27 feet would be around 30 inches.

Therefore, I made the target area 20 inches wide by 3O inches long.

The target area is behind the hole. I don’t think you should get points for leaving the ball short.

Cornhole Putting Game Scoring?

It’s basically the same as the board game for this Cornhole putting game.

Each player has four golf balls per try.

If you are out of the target area, either long or short you score zero.

If you are not in the hole, but in the target area you score one point..

Making a putt scores 3 points.

The game ends when a player or team reaches 21 points.

Another option would be to say you must win by at least two points. In that case, you could keep playing beyond 21 points until a player or team finishes ahead by 2 points.

Cornhole Putting Game Setup

It’s easier to set this up with a tape measure. Just set up a rectangle that is 20 inches wide and 30 inches long.

You could also use your putter. 2 grips wide and one putter length long.

Set the hole “outside the front” of the rectangle.

I bought 2 old school putting cups from Amazon ($8.99 for two). They are listed as “All direction golf putting cups.” They are metal with green flossing sprayed on them and the edges flip to allow the ball to roll in.

Why the old school putting cups?

Practice green golf holes are all over the place for distance and break. Target holes do not allow the ball to go in. The ball rolls right over them.

Using the old school cups, the setup is easy and there is no doubt about the ball going in the hole.

You could set this up on a practice green real golf hole and just putt in one direction. The other option would be to set it up on two different real golf holes on the practice green.

I used 14 quarter sized ball markers to create the rectangles. They are handy because the ball will roll over them easily.

Note: Again, you may want to adjust the dimensions for this game. Maybe you want to play practicing 10 footers for example. Adjust the target area if you do. I would say reduce the target area past the hole by half the size at 10 feet.